Traduction de «Programme d'aide de transition à l'industrie automobile » (Français → Anglais) :

6. Emphasises that the production and finishing of vehicles as an industrial product are at the end of a value chain of European supplier industries, including small and medium-sized component suppliers, and that these upstream industries play an important role in the development of the automotive industry and are confronted by the same European-level and global challenges; points out that the European automotive suppliers, includ ...[+++]ing SMEs, are often key innovators, thereby stimulating the development of European vehicles of the future, and also create an important market for spare parts; regrets the difficulties experienced by some SMEs in the supply sector in making use of Union programmes and funding, and calls for easier access, also through the Competitiveness of Enterprises and SMEs (COSME) programme;

It came up with a so-called scrapping premium, in other words, it used the national budget to finance a scheme to stabilise the automobile industry.

As for the aid given to the auto industry, the wealth this industry generates does not even benefit Quebec.

10. Suggests that a part of the recovery plan's investment programmes should particularly address industry branches most hit by the crisis, in order to comply with the need to achieve full and decent employment: re-conversion of the car industry towards sustainable transport services, extension of railway networks and supply of spatially inclusive and comprehensive regional train services (Programme Rail Europe 2025), promotion of 'green' shipbuilding and stabilisation of the steel industry in that context; insists that the EU and the member states should accompany such re-conversion by measures for job retention, training, re-training ...[+++]and skills development, and secure employment transitions for workers in the industries concerned;

5. Suggests that a part of the recovery plan's investment programmes should particularly address industry branches most hit by the crisis, in order to comply with the need to achieve full and decent employment: re-conversion of the car industry towards sustainable transport services, extension of railway networks and supply of spatially inclusive and comprehensive regional train services (Programme Rail Europe 2025), promotion of 'green' shipbuilding and stabilisation of the steel industry in that context; insists that the EU and the Member States should accompany such re-conversion by measures for job retention, training, re-training a ...[+++]nd skills development, and secure employment transitions for workers in the industries concerned;

12. Reaffirms that the automotive industry needs continuous investment in RD programmes delivering the best possible solutions for quality, safety and environmental performance to achieve a sustainable competitive framework, and therefore invites the Commission in that context to facilitate, improve and speed up the access to EU support instruments for RD and innovation, such as the Seventh Framework Programme for research and technological development;